Giants extend $18.9M qualifying offer to Kevin Gausman - a podcast by Locked on Podcast Network, Ben Kaspick

On today's Locked On Giants podcast, host Ben Kaspick talks about the San Francisco Giants' decision to extend the $18.9 million qualifying offer to Kevin Gausman. Gausman was always a borderline case to receive the offer, and the fact that the team decided to do so is a good sign for Giants fans. It means several things. First, it means that the Giants have serious interest in bringing back Gausman in 2021 at the very least. Gausman is a candidate to accept the offer, which would bring him back for one year at an $18.9M salary. But we've also heard reports that the Giants are working on a multiyear deal with Gausman, and the qualifying offer is just a contingency. If Gausman rejects the offer and signs with another team, the Giants will receive draft compensation. The second thing that this decision indicates is that the Giants might not be afraid of spending money this offseason, at a time when people around the game suspect that teams are going to be very careful with spending this winter in the wake of the ongoing pandemic that has hurt teams financially. Because Gausman is a candidate to accept the lofty one-year qualifying offer, this signifies that the Giants will not be afraid to spend in order to improve their team this offseason.
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